Tie holder



Aug. 12, 1952 K. ALBRECHT 2,606,349

TIE HOLDER Filed Oct. 14, 1950 H66 FIG? /4 24 Z9 2 2 1 FIG.8

. INVENTOR. L BY [11! M ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 12, 1952 Karl New Jersey Albrecht, Maplewood, N. .l'., assignor to Forstner Chain Cerporation, a

corporation of Application October 14, 1950, Serial No. 190,220

(or. ai-ie) 4 Claims.

The present invention relates to the jewelry art, and has particular reference to a novel construction for a tie holder.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a tie holder of the length adjustable type.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tie holder made of a small number of readily stamped and assembled parts.

A further object is to provide a very neat and simple construction for a tie holder.

With the above and other objects and advantageous features in view, the invention consists of a novel arrangement of parts more fully disclosed in the detailed description following, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and more specifically defined in the claims appended thereto.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of an illustrative tie holder embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, the tie holder being in length extended position;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the base stamping;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the guide plate stamping;

Fig. 6 is a rear View of the slide frame;

Fig. '1 is a plan view of the slide frame lock band;

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the rear spring and Fig. 9 is a view of the base and guide plate, partially assembled.

It has been found desirable to provide an extensible tie slide of very neat construction, which is made of a small number of readily manufactured and assembled parts. To this end, I pro vide a slide frame of two parallel spaced wires or bars, in which a base is slidably mounted, the base having a guide plate attached thereto which is mounted to slide between the slide frame wires or bars; an ornament in the form of a flexible chain is attached to one end of the slide frame and to the opposite end of the base, whereby the ornament overlies the tie when the tie holder is detachably secured to a shirt hem.

Referring to the drawings, the tie holder it includes a base I mounted in a slide frame l2 and extendible on the frame to adjust the length of the tie holder. A flexible chain it is attached to one end of the base and to the opposite end of the frame, and the frame has a rear spring element 14 secured thereto to grip a shirt hem thereelement,

between, the chain being adapted to overlie the tie.

The-base l I, see Fig. 4, made of stamped sheet metal, with-two aligned notches I5, i6 intermediate the ends to form sections ii, is adapted to be bent into parallel adjacency. The section I! has an opening or piercing l9 and a terminal loop 20, as illustrated. A guide plate 2!, see Fig. 5, is of elongated rectangular form, and has a depending end tongue 22, the guide plate being preferably soldered to the section 68, see Fig. 6, with the tongue 22 bent down. The outer ends of the sections ill and 58 being bent slightly, see Fig. 9, the sections are folded towards each other, whereby the material between the notches forms a bend Z3; tongue 22 enters the opening l9, and the bent outer ends of the sections l1 and it! are soldered together to complete the base.

The slide frame l2, see Fig. 6, includes a wire or bar which is bent to provide two parallel spaced sides 24, 25 connected by a bend 26, the outer ends 21, 28 being bent into contacting engagement. The resilient spring element Hi is formed of a resilient wire or bar, shaped to provide an annular gripping portion 29 which is arcuately curved as shown in Fig. 2, the free ends 39, 3| of the Wire being bent into contacting engagement for connection to the outer ends 21, 28 of the slide frame by a metal connection 32, see Fig. '7, made of sheet metal and bent to lock the ends of the slide frame to the ends of the spring element after the ends of the slide frame have been bent over, see Fig. 2 so that the spring element is in shirt hem gripping relation to the slide frame and the base.

Before the base sections are folded together as described, the slide frame is passed over the guide plate to seat the sides over the base bend 23 and to position the bend 26 outwardly with respect to the guide plate tongue 22; the base sections being folded and the free ends soldered together, the base may freely slide within the slide frame, but is limited in its extending movement by the tongue 22, which engages the slide frame bend 26.

A link it is mounted in the slide frame bend 26, and two and grip elements 34, 35 are linked to the link 33 and the loop 20 for receiving the ends of the flexible chain l3.

The novel extensible tie holder thus includes a base, a slide frame, and a spring element, and has provision for the attachment of a flexible chain, the parts being readily manufactured and assembled.

Although I have described a specific constructional embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that changes in the size, shape and arrangement of its parts may be made to meet different tie holder design requirements, without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a tie holder, a base having two spaced sections, a guide element between said sections, a slide frame having two spaced rods slidably engaging said guide element, and a resilient shirt hem gripping element positioned in rear of said frame and secured to one end thereof.

2. In a tie holder, a base having two spaced sections, a guide element between said sections, a slideframe having two spaced rods slidably engaging said guide element, a resilient shirt hem gripping element positioned in rear of said frame and secured to one end thereof, and a flexible chain having its ends secured to the outer ends of the slide frame and the base.

3. In a tie holder, a base having two spaced sections, a guide plate secured to one section and positioned between said sections, a slide frame having two spaced rods slidably engaging said guide plate, and a resilient shirt hem gripping element positioned in rear of said slide frame and secured to one end thereof.

4. In a tie holder, a base formed of two integral elongated sections folded over to provide a housing, a guide plate in said housing, a slide frame of wire looped to provide two spaced sides slidable in said housing against the sides of said guide plate, said frame having its outer end bent rearwardly, and a resilient shirt hem gripping element positioned in rear of said frame and secured to said bent outer end.

KARL ALBRECHT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,073,984 Bullock Mar. 16, 1937 2,082,747 Anderson June 1, 1937 2,111,166 Carlson Mar. 15, 1938 2,195,594 Kreisler Apr. 2, 1940 

